You just moved into a new home or you are looking to make gradual updates to your home¬— a good place to start is the master bedroom. But what kind of feel do you want in your bedroom? The color that you decide to paint your bedrooms wall(s) will completely determine the feel that the room will have. Let’s take a look at what/how certain colors create the mood and feeling in a room.
Blue & Green: Are you looking to create an oasis where you can escape? A place where you feel calm and relaxed? Cool colors are ideal for creating this feel. These are the best colors to choose for a sanctuary where you can rewind after a long day. But make sure you are choosing soft hues in blue and green, as bright and dark hues will add a completely different feel to your room. A dark blue such as navy is a nice color to choose if you are looking for a cozier, modern feel.
White, Gray & Beige: Neutral colors are a good option for wall paint if you have large accent furniture that you want to be the focal point of your room. Bright white is a great way to add a contemporary and luxurious feel to the room. Gray and beige tones can add a contemporary feel or a modern feel to your room depending on which is more your style as well as the style of your furniture.
Red, Pink and Purple: These warmer toned colors will not give you the opposite feeling of an oasis— a feeling of excitement and creativity. Brighter tones are best for children’s’ bedrooms, where, darker, richer hues of these colors can create a feeling of coziness and warmth. If you do choose a warmer hued color, especially a dark color, it’s a good idea to consider painting just an accent wall. This way the room does not feel and look smaller than it actually is.
You can always consider painting an accent wall with any of the colors discussed above. This gives you the pop of color (or neutral tone) that you’re looking for without overpowering your room. Your furniture can then play off of that color and pull it all together.
Be sure to understand the type of feel that you are looking to create in your master bedroom before choosing a color— it will make choosing a color easier. Visit your a local home store to pick out samples and test them on your walls. You won’t truly know if you like a color unless you test them out. You may love a color on the swatch but you may find that you dislike how it looks on your wall or with your furniture. Once you find a color, start painting away. Good luck!

Summer interior design is always a fun activity. There are so many colors to use and so many ways to use them. Often, the colors of summer are those that we don’t think of using on an everyday basis. Colors that we like to use in summer are bolder and even sometimes unconventional. There’s plenty of ways that you can make bold colors work in your home for the summer season.
Hues of Blue
Blue is an incredibly dynamic color. Blue works really well in rooms where many different aspects are combined. Home offices, bedrooms and bathrooms are great example of this open design ability. The reason that blue is such a versatile color is that it can either be energizing or serene depending upon how it is used. Blue works well with a variety of different colors as well. Whether you’re adding a blue accent piece to a room, or painting the walls a shade of blue, you will have a lot to work with. Remember that blue reminds us of the bright sky that shines through on long summer days.
Shades of Orange
Orange is a very vibrant color, however, we don’t often think of using it in our homes. It seems to be a little outside of the box to add orange to a space unless it’s Halloween time. However, orange is an energizing color that can make an impact in any room. Add an orange accent piece or be bold and paint your outdoor table orange. Using orange in your design can enhance the feeling of summer.
Gray Is Anything But Boring
While we often associate gray with a cloudy day, this color comes in a variety of shades and goes well with many different colors. Gray is soothing, yet adding one or two pops of color along with it allows the color gray to come alive. Gray is often the backdrop for a modern design scheme, yet it also goes well with many of the bright and bold summer colors that we think of.
Bright Red Hues
Red is a color we tend to associate with for the fall and winter months. This is actually what makes red such a great color for the summer. While the boldness of the shade of red helps to identify the season, red also makes a great transition color for both the coming fall and winter. Red has also been shown in studies to increase feelings of passion. This makes red the perfect color for the whole year. Who doesn’t want to feel passionate about what they’re doing in their home?
Bright Yellow Shades
Yellow is the perfect color to use as an accent color. While it would seem to be a delicate color to work with, hues of yellow work so well, matching with many different colors from grays to white to even black. Blue even works well with yellow hues in the right setting. Yellow reminds us of the sunshine that is at the center of the summer season.
When it comes to using summer colors in your design scheme, you can really let your creative juices flow. The “rules” in these cases are so flexible that you can bring beauty out no matter what color of the rainbow you choose for your design.